Question 1

The Anti-Masonic party

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A)  was strongest in the South and Southwest. 
B)  was an anti-Jackson party. 
C)  was the nation's first third party. 
D)  opposed moral and religious reform. 
E)  was a strong opponent of the Whig party. 
A)  was strongest in the South and Southwest. 
B)  was an anti-Jackson party. 
C)  was the nation's first third party. 
D)  opposed moral and religious reform. 
E)  was a strong opponent of the Whig party.

Question 2

The South Carolina nullifying convention

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A)  declared the Tariff of 1832 null and void within South Carolina. 
B)  ordered the South Carolina state legislature to make military preparations to defend the state. 
C)  nullified the Force Bill passed by Congress. 
D)  threatened to secede from the Union if the national government tried to force the state into compliance with congressional law. 
E)  put the national interest above sectional interest. 
A)  declared the Tariff of 1832 null and void within South Carolina. 
B)  ordered the South Carolina state legislature to make military preparations to defend the state. 
C)  nullified the Force Bill passed by Congress. 
D)  threatened to secede from the Union if the national government tried to force the state into compliance with congressional law. 
E)  put the national interest above sectional interest.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of Nicholas Biddle.

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President of the pri

Question 4

The purpose behind the spoils system was

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A)  to press those with experience into governmental service. 
B)  to make politics a sideline and not a full-time business. 
C)  to reward political supporters with public office. 
D)  to reverse the trend of rotation in office. 
E)  the widespread encouragement of a bureaucratic office-holding class. 
A)  to press those with experience into governmental service. 
B)  to make politics a sideline and not a full-time business. 
C)  to reward political supporters with public office. 
D)  to reverse the trend of rotation in office. 
E)  the widespread encouragement of a bureaucratic office-holding class.

Question 5

Andrew Jackson and his supporters disliked the Bank of the United States for all of the following reasons EXCEPT it

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A)  minted gold and silver coins but issued no paper money. 
B)  controlled much of the nation's gold and silver. 
C)  was a private institution. 
D)  foreclosed on many western farms. 
E)  put public service first, not profits. 
A)  minted gold and silver coins but issued no paper money. 
B)  controlled much of the nation's gold and silver. 
C)  was a private institution. 
D)  foreclosed on many western farms. 
E)  put public service first, not profits.

Question 6

People in the West tended to prefer Andrew Jackson in the 1824 election because he

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A)  was less inclined to engage in wars with Indian nations than to seek fair negotiated treaties with Native Americans to resolve territorial disputes. 
B)  campaigned against the forces of corruption and privilege in government. 
C)  promised to uphold the needs of free labor. 
D)  had embraced the American System. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  was less inclined to engage in wars with Indian nations than to seek fair negotiated treaties with Native Americans to resolve territorial disputes. 
B)  campaigned against the forces of corruption and privilege in government. 
C)  promised to uphold the needs of free labor. 
D)  had embraced the American System. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 7

How does the election of 1840 "illustrate the shortcomings of democratic politics"?

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The election of 1840 illustrates the sho

Question 8

Write your definition of political favoritism. Then use this definition to argue that the rotation in office/spoils system of the Jacksonians was or was not crass political favoritism.

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Political favoritism can be defined as t

Question 9

The policy of the Jackson administration toward the eastern Indian tribes involved

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A)  inconsistently veering between progressive assimilation and encouraging the eastern Indian tribes to preserve their traditional culture. 
B)  rapid assimilation into white American culture. 
C)  forced removal from their traditional lands. 
D)  federal protection from state governments. 
E)  to encourage them to preserve their traditional culture. 
A)  inconsistently veering between progressive assimilation and encouraging the eastern Indian tribes to preserve their traditional culture. 
B)  rapid assimilation into white American culture. 
C)  forced removal from their traditional lands. 
D)  federal protection from state governments. 
E)  to encourage them to preserve their traditional culture.

Question 10

Andrew Jackson made all of the following charges against the Bank of the United States EXCEPT that

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A)  the bank was unconstitutional. 
B)  it was controlled and managed by wealthy financiers and private bankers of the East. 
C)  the bank was autocratic and tyrannical. 
D)  the bank was beholden to British and French financial interests. 
E)  the bank's president arrogantly defied the president. 
A)  the bank was unconstitutional. 
B)  it was controlled and managed by wealthy financiers and private bankers of the East. 
C)  the bank was autocratic and tyrannical. 
D)  the bank was beholden to British and French financial interests. 
E)  the bank's president arrogantly defied the president.

Question 11

The Mexican government's original grant of a huge grant land to Stephen Austin came with an understanding that these immigrants

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A)  become Mexican citizens. 
B)  be Roman Catholics. 
C)  not own any slaves. 
D)  could create and manage fully self-governing settlements. 
E)  could retain American citizenship and be practicing Protestants. 
A)  become Mexican citizens. 
B)  be Roman Catholics. 
C)  not own any slaves. 
D)  could create and manage fully self-governing settlements. 
E)  could retain American citizenship and be practicing Protestants.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of Martin Van Buren.

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Eighth president of

Question 13

To what extent is the following statement true or false: "The Tariff of 1828 was dishonest"? Why? What purposes lay behind passage of this tariff law?

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The statement "The Tariff of 1828 was di

Question 14

The cement that held the Whig party together in its formative days was

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A)  hatred of Andrew Jackson and his aggrandizement of executive power at the expense of the states and Congress. 
B)  support of the American System. 
C)  opposition to the Anti-Masonic party. 
D)  the desire for a strong president. 
E)  opposition to the tariff. 
A)  hatred of Andrew Jackson and his aggrandizement of executive power at the expense of the states and Congress. 
B)  support of the American System. 
C)  opposition to the Anti-Masonic party. 
D)  the desire for a strong president. 
E)  opposition to the tariff.

Question 15

On the forced march from their Georgia homeland to Oklahoma known as the Trail of Tears, the Cherokees experienced all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  100,000 Indians being uprooted. 
B)  the loss of their ancestral and ostensibly legally protected lands to white settlement. 
C)  countless Indian men, women, and children dying on route or after arriving in Indian Territory. 
D)  having to abandon sacred and family grave sites. 
E)  the rampant sexual abuse of wives and daughters by U.S. soldiers. 
A)  100,000 Indians being uprooted. 
B)  the loss of their ancestral and ostensibly legally protected lands to white settlement. 
C)  countless Indian men, women, and children dying on route or after arriving in Indian Territory. 
D)  having to abandon sacred and family grave sites. 
E)  the rampant sexual abuse of wives and daughters by U.S. soldiers.

Question 16

While he was president, John Quincy Adams was roundly criticized for his

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A)  land policy. 
B)  Indian policy. 
C)  support for internal improvements. 
D)  replacement of so many public servants with his own supporters. 
E)  supposedly aristocratic life style. 
A)  land policy. 
B)  Indian policy. 
C)  support for internal improvements. 
D)  replacement of so many public servants with his own supporters. 
E)  supposedly aristocratic life style.

Question 17

John Quincy Adams, elected president in 1825, was charged by his political opponents with having struck a "corrupt bargain" when he appointed ____ to become ____.

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A)  John C. Calhoun, vice president 
B)  William Crawford, chief justice of the United States 
C)  Henry Clay, secretary of state 
D)  Daniel Webster, secretary of state 
E)  John Eaton, secretary of the navy 
A)  John C. Calhoun, vice president 
B)  William Crawford, chief justice of the United States 
C)  Henry Clay, secretary of state 
D)  Daniel Webster, secretary of state 
E)  John Eaton, secretary of the navy

Question 18

To what extent did the tariff policy become an important national issue by 1832? Summarize the South's position on protective tariffs.

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By 1832, the tariff policy had become a

Question 19

Andrew Jackson's administration supported the removal of Native Americans from the eastern states because

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A)  the Indians assimilated too easily into white society. 
B)  the Supreme Court ruled in favor of this policy. 
C)  whites wanted the Indians' lands. 
D)  Georgia and Florida tried to protect the Indians and their lands. 
E)  they continued their attacks on white settlements. 
A)  the Indians assimilated too easily into white society. 
B)  the Supreme Court ruled in favor of this policy. 
C)  whites wanted the Indians' lands. 
D)  Georgia and Florida tried to protect the Indians and their lands. 
E)  they continued their attacks on white settlements.

Question 20

JIdentify and state the historical significance of ohn C. Calhoun.

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Appeared as the vice

Exam 12: The Rise of a Mass Democracy

The Anti-Masonic party

The South Carolina nullifying convention

Identify and state the historical significance of Nicholas Biddle.

The purpose behind the spoils system was

Andrew Jackson and his supporters disliked the Bank of the United States for all of the following reasons EXCEPT it

People in the West tended to prefer Andrew Jackson in the 1824 election because he

How does the election of 1840 "illustrate the shortcomings of democratic politics"?

Write your definition of political favoritism. Then use this definition to argue that the rotation in office/spoils system of the Jacksonians was or was not crass political favoritism.

The policy of the Jackson administration toward the eastern Indian tribes involved

Andrew Jackson made all of the following charges against the Bank of the United States EXCEPT that

The Mexican government's original grant of a huge grant land to Stephen Austin came with an understanding that these immigrants

Identify and state the historical significance of Martin Van Buren.

To what extent is the following statement true or false: "The Tariff of 1828 was dishonest"? Why? What purposes lay behind passage of this tariff law?

The cement that held the Whig party together in its formative days was

On the forced march from their Georgia homeland to Oklahoma known as the Trail of Tears, the Cherokees experienced all of the following EXCEPT

While he was president, John Quincy Adams was roundly criticized for his

John Quincy Adams, elected president in 1825, was charged by his political opponents with having struck a "corrupt bargain" when he appointed ____ to become ____.

To what extent did the tariff policy become an important national issue by 1832? Summarize the South's position on protective tariffs.

Andrew Jackson's administration supported the removal of Native Americans from the eastern states because

JIdentify and state the historical significance of ohn C. Calhoun.

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